In YE 32 the town of Ushizu was attacked by the NMX, the agrarian town of 2,000 suffered a death toll of 1,200 and 600 injured. After the event, the colonial government chose to erect a memorial. A marble statue depicting a typical family of Ushizu, with a plaque in the base. The town people moved to back to Kumano.

Later in YE 32 the colony was abandoned when the NMX forced the Fourth Standard Fleet to have to consolidate its holdings after losing a major portion of their fleet in two engagements. Prior to abandoning it the Fourth Standard Fleet had removed all sensitive equipment but was not able to destroy the structures and equipment left behind.